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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.127

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 127

अवैधमांसादिसेवने प्रायश्चित्तम्Expiation for eating forbidden meat and the like

Verse 127

म्लेच्छानां श्वपचानां च पशूनां कुलवैरिणाम् । खादन्नन्नं विशुद्धः स्यात् पक्षमेकमुपोषितः ॥ १२७ ॥

mlēcchānāṁ śvapacānāṁ ca paśūnāṁ kulavairiṇām | khādannannaṁ viśuddhaḥ syāt pakṣamēkamupōṣitaḥ || 127 ||

Translation

Eating the food of mlecchas, śvapacas and paśus who are enemies of the kula, one is purified by fasting a fortnight.

Word by word

mlēcchānāṁ
of mlecchas
śvapacānāṁ
of śvapacas
ca
and
paśūnāṁ
of paśus
kula
of the kula
vairiṇām
(vairiṇām) enemies
khādan
(khādan) eating
annaṁ
food
viśuddhaḥ
(viśuddhaḥ) purified
syāt
is
pakṣam
(pakṣam) a fortnight
ēkam
(ekam) one
upōṣitaḥ
(upoṣitaḥ) fasting

Meaning

Rules of commensality as the text gives them.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he tells the expiation of a man who has eaten the food of mlecchas and the like, with "mlecchānām" and the rest. A person eating the food of mlecchas (foreigners, yavanas), of śvapacas (cāṇḍālas), and of paśus who are enemies of the kula, is purified by fasting one fortnight.